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Valeri Nichushkin Has Left The Avalanche For Personal Reasons

The big thing on everyone’s mind right now is the absence of Valeri Nichuskin. Unfortunately, there isn’t really any update on the situation. Valeri Nichushkin has left the Colorado Avalanche for personal reasons, the team has confirmed. Nichushkin, who was missing from morning skate due to “maintenance,” is no longer with the team. Colorado Hockey Now […]

NHL: Stanley Cup Playoff Western Conference Preview with our expert picks

It is that time of year again. The one all hockey fans wait for. It’s Stanley Cup playoff time! Let’s take a look at the matchups schedules and our staff picks for the first round. First up is the Western Conference. (1) Colorado Avalanche 51-24-7, 109 points vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken 46-28-8, 100 points The […]

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Here Come The Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche have been through a lot this season. For starters, they have dealt with a lot of injuries. Guys like Gabriel Landeskog (who has been out all season long), Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Darren Helm, Kurtis MacDermid, Erik Johnson, Pavel Francouz, Artturi Lehkonen, and Josh Manson have all missed time this season. Secondly, […]

Avalanche Return to Their Winning Ways

Do not look now, but the Colorado Avalanche have returned to being a juggernaut in the NHL. After being up and down for most of the season and struggling with injuries, the team is getting healthy, winning hockey games, and looking like the team that won the Stanley Cup last season. You have one dangerous […]

Is It Time To Start Worrying In Denver?

By Adrian Dater | @adater DENVER – Colorado Avalanche players were not short-changed in their partying with the Stanley Cup over the summer. Denver is a city known for its many beer drinkers, but Avalanche players drank everybody under the table on Cup parade day. Not since the Boston Bruins and their infamous team bar […]

Eight More Years of Nate the Great

As of the writing of this article, Nathan MacKinnon is the highest-paid player in the NHL. He signed an eight-year extension with the Colorado Avalanche, $12.6million AAV, and an $85.34 signing bonus. There was little doubt MacKinnon would be staying with the Avs. At the NHL media tour this summer, he said he wanted to […]

Opinion: The Avalanche Needed Erik Johnson to Win the Stanley Cup

One of the reasons the Stanley Cup is the best trophy in sports is that instead of being presented to the team’s owner first, it is given to the team’s captain. They get to lift it and all its glory and make the all-important decision of who to hand it to next. For Avalanche Captain […]

Samuel Girard taking a shot, while a San Jose Shark's skater attempts to check him with his stick

Opinion: Why the Avalanche Shouldn’t Trade Samuel Girard

May 21st, 2022: In game three of the 2nd round, Samuel Girard is injured for the rest of the playoffs. June 26th, 2022: The Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 and are crowned Stanley Cup champions. The Avalanche went 10-3 after Girard’s injury, a truly remarkable run, and shows how incredible a team […]

Habs still undecided about the number one pick

With less than a week before the 2022 NHL Draft in Montreal and with the Canadiens holding the number one pick, a lot of decisions still need to be made. This past week something happened that is honestly a rare occurrence with Bob Mackenzie end of season NHL Draft rankings which now have Juraj Slafkovsky […]

Cale Makar has already earned the distinction of ‘Great Player’

DENVER – We are witnessing greatness. Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar, who is just 23 years old, has done it all. Makar has now won the Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe (awarded to the MVP of the Cup playoffs), a Norris, along with a gold medal at the 2018 World Juniors, the Hobey Baker Award in 2019 […]